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September 10, 2006 Sunday Sha'aban 16, 1427   Bidding partner wants adverse remarks cut : Petition filed in SC ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Arif Habib Securities (AHS), a member of the three-party consortium that bid for the Pakistan Steel Mills, filed a review petition before the Supreme Court here on Saturday,... ARD public moot on Balochistan today LAHORE, Sept 9: All arrangements have been completed by the 16-party Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy for a public meeting at the spacious Minar-i-Pakistan on Sunday (today), mainly to... Opposition too toeing US line: Ghinwa LAHORE, Sept 9: People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto) chairperson Ghinwa Bhutto alleged here on Saturday that all the major players on the country’s political scene, including the opposition parties and alliances, were... US asked to review travel advisories on Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: The government has asked the United States to review its decision of issuing negative travel advisories for American investors and tourists wishing to visit Pakistan as the issue is hurting the image of the country.... Resolution of Kashmir issue must for peace: Aziz ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has called for an early settlement of the Kashmir dispute, saying it is a must for sustainable peace in South Asia.... Relief package for rain-hit people demanded HYDERABAD, Sept 9: The president of the Hyderabad chapter of the People’s Party Parliamentarians, Mr Zahid Bhurgari, has demanded that a relief package of Rs10 billion should be announced for the rain-hit people of the district.... Judicial probe into Bugti’s killing sought ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Saturday asked the government to order for a judicial inquiry into the ‘tragic killing’ of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.... Pro-Balochistan protesters baton-charged RAWALPINDI, Sept 9: Scores of left-wing political activists and civil society members were injured when the police resorted to baton-charge on a peaceful demonstration outside the Rawalpindi Press Club here on Saturday.... Manipulation of voters’ list feared ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Pakistan People’s Party has urged the Chief Election Commissioner to immediately intervene and stop the voters’ registration exercise in Sindh from being hijacked by a coalition partner in the provincial government.... Musharraf’s posture in Afghanistan criticised ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Information Secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Ahsan Iqbal has expressed his concern over foreign media reports that Gen Pervez Musharraf spent most of his time in... Nadra to issue cards before polls LAHORE, Sept 9: Around 77 per cent eligible population of Punjab has been issued computerised national identity cards and the remaining will get the same before the forthcoming elections.... Rains: PM assures Sindh of help ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday assured Sindh Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim of federal government in the aftermath of the damages caused by the torrential rains.... Tributes for Shahi ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Glowing tributes were paid to late Agha Shahi, former foreign minister of Pakistan, at a condolence meeting held in his memory at the Foreign Office here on Saturday.... Govt plans to target Bugti’s sons: JWP QUETTA, Sept 9: The Jamhoori Watan Party has accused the government of hatching a conspiracy to target the two sons of Nawab Akbar Bugti through its “Bugti tribal jiga”.... IPCC meeting called on 18th ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination Salim Saifullah Khan said on Saturday that first meeting of Inter-provincial Coordination Committee (IPCC) will be held on Sept 18.... Outbreak of epidemic diseases feared: Hyderabad dist govt fails to drain out rainwater HYDERABAD, Sept 9: Rainwater accumulated in units No-2 and 11 of Latifabad and parts of the Qasimabad taluka started stinking on Saturday.... Call for evacuating marooned people MIRPURKHAS, Sept 9: Thousands of people have been marooned in over 15 villages in Dehs 101 and 106 of the Hussain Bux Mari taluka due to accumulation of rain and saline water.... Govt, MMA step up drive against rights bill LAHORE, Sept 9: The government and MMA have accelerated their campaign for and against the women’s rights bill. Pakistan Muslim League president Shujaat Husain and Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi met a... ‘Wifaq Bachao’ camp LAHORE, Sept 9: ARD leaders said here on Saturday that the murder of Nawab Akbar Bugti has put the existence of federation at stake. They were speaking at the ‘Wifaq Bachao’... Vet killed LAHORE, Sept 9: Four persons shot dead a local veterinary doctor at Chobacha crossing, Mughalpura, in the early hours of Saturday. Police said that an unidentified person came to the house... High security zones in prisons proposed LAHORE, Sept 9: The government has proposed through a bill that all prisons in the country will earmark specific areas for the establishment of high security zones where those sentenced to death shall be kept.... Nadra accused of preparing defective voter lists KHAIRPUR, Sept 9: An all-party conference here on Saturday criticised the inefficiency of Nadra in preparing computerised NICs. The APC was organized by the district NGOs coordination council to discuss defective enrolment of voters in the Khairpur district.... WFP cancels food supply contracts: Unbranded items ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: The World Food Programme (WFP) has cancelled food supply contracts with a number of companies following reports that “substandard and unbranded” food items are being supplied to the earthquake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and NWFP.... Focus on local not foreign tourists to boost tourism ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Tourism industry in Pakistan is a failure because the policy-makers have the wrong target in their minds: the foreign tourist.... More areas flooded by Chenab MULTAN, Sept 9: Spate in Chenab flooded more areas along the river banks falling in Multan and Muzaffargarh districts, with Shershah facing the brunt Official sources recorded maximum flow of 250,000 cusecs at 11 am near SherShah, in Multan district.... Inspector, SI flee with cash, 50kg hashish VEHARI, Sept 9: Thingi police on Saturday registered a case against two police officials for misappropriating 50 kilograms of hashish and Rs200,000 in cash recently recovered from alleged drug pushers a few days ago.... Nine foreign students still without NOCs: Faisalabad seminaries FAISALABAD, Sept 9: As many as nine foreign students of different nationalities were still studying in various city seminaries without obtaining no-objection certificates (NOCs) from the government, sources said on Saturday.... Rs2m distributed among policemen: Busting Bosan gang BAHAWALPUR, Sept 9: The Punjab chief minister has granted Rs2 million cash prizes for district police officials for eliminating the Bosan dacoits gang. Bahawalpur range DIG Ghulam Haider Marth distributed cash... Toba DCO, driver injured in accident TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 9: The district coordination officer and his driver sustained injuries when their vehicle overturned near Sindhilianwali on Saturday. DCO Nawazish Ali and his driver Haider were returning from Sindhilianwali to Toba Tek Singh.... Honour killings GUJRANWALA, Sept 9: A man killed his nephew and his beloved over illicit relation in Garjakh on Saturday. Asif, a father of two children, developed relations with teenaged girl ‘S’ and...

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